Is Wee Gordie telling the truth or is he a liar, liar with his Brown pants definitely on fire...

During his speech to the Labour Party (now that's an oxymoron) the wee one mentioned the words Britain or British no less than 84 times. Clearly, wee gordan is running scared. How can a Scottish person be left in charge of the UK if Scotland votes to be independent and break away from the United Kingdom? The Fishy one north or the border will no doubt really start to stir things up over the next year and up-to the next general election.

Probably the most transparent and insincere part of his speech was the sickening exploitation of a minor. Wee Gordie trotted out a tale about his overwhelming joy when hearing a young boy read a story to him during a PR visit to a primary school. Crocodile tears almost burst forth from the reptile eyes.

Once a liar, always a liar.

Don't watch his lips or even listen to his words... clock the reptile eyes. WEE gordie is probably THE most dangerous man "on-the-loose" in England right now.

Some History and a Few Great Free Potato recipes

In celebration of the "humble potato".

Potatoes probably originated in the area of modern day Peru and then spread from South America to Europe and Britain and from there to the rest of the world in the late 1400s and early 1500s by sailors using them as a staple of their onboard diet.

Legend has it, that after the wreck of the Spanish Armada ships on the west coast of Ireland in 1588, Irish coastal villagers rescued potatoes and planted them. Unfortunately the local population had come to rely heavily on the potato.

This "sowed the seeds" for a series of famines and a resentment towards Britain and Queen Victoria. In 1845, a fungal disease, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland, resulting in the Great Irish Famine.

The potato still forms a major part of western people's diets and many recipes have been devised to combat the rather bland taste.

Common dishes are: mashed potatoes, which are first boiled (usually peeled), and then mashed with milk and butter; whole baked potatoes; boiled or steamed potatoes; French-fried potatoes or chips; cut into cubes and roasted; scalloped, diced, or sliced and fried (home fries); grated into small thin strips and fried (hash browns); grated and formed into dumplings, Rösti or potato pancakes. [source: wikipedia.com]

Read on to discover some great ideas to enrich the taste of the humble potato!

Another school term starts. Excited chidren and motivated teachers start the hard task of learning and conforming to government guidelines. Supply teachers have become an essential back-up for most schools, as they provide quick cover should the regular full time teacher take sick leave.

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Being a teacher in England is becoming increasingly difficult with many teachers now opting for supply teaching as a way of 'having a life'. Although supply teaching means that you can enjoy your evenings and weekends free of all that marking and planning - it is not without a downside. Here are some ways to survive on supply.

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In last Sunday's London Times there was an article that compared the various spellings of common words and grammer that UK and US people use. It was quite funny, but missed the point. Today's youth is NOT dumb.

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Missing letters or using numbers makes no differences. However, the person desyphering the message MUST know the original code or spelling to make the connection.

Marketing duel national web sites can also be a problem. Do you publish English spellings on web pages read by Americans or do you outrage English readers by publishing American spellings? Other countries also spell english words in their own way.

A chap called Webster is to blame

>> Some rules simply reaffirmed the changes which Webster had set down in his dictionary and which had been adopted by the U.S. Government in 1864. One called for writing "-or" instead of "-our," thus "color," "harbor." Another covered using "-er" for "-re" as in "center" and "fiber." These spellings were already the preferred forms in many U.S. publications by 1906, but a few Americans were still putting "centre" etc. into print. <<

Today's top article at LPR takes poke at this thorny issue:

Fishing at the Lakes Near Kings Clipstone, North Nottinghamshire

Sherwood Forest Farm Park Fishery, near Kings Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
A mixed fishery catering for pleasure, match and specimen anglers. There are five lakes and 185 pegs set in 20 acres of Sherwood Forest alongside the River Maun.

Cavendish Lake

Cavendish is an oblong, reed-fringed lake with 25 pegs. It’s 60metres wide with fishing from one bank only. The depth is 2-5 feet with the deepest swim being at peg 1. This is a mixed fishery with roach to 1lb, carp to 24 lbs, rudd, tench, big gudgeon and lots of flying skimmer bream to 2lb that leap out of the water when you strike!

Pole, waggler and the feeder all work well throughout the year, but the pole fished down the margins or out to 11m. is best. Sweetcorn, meat, maggots and paste all produce well fished over a bed of carp pellets. Chopped worm should never be ruled out.

This lake is for pleasure fishing only and keepnets are not allowed.

Sherwood is our largest lake with 64 pegs on 4¾ acres. It’s S shaped and reed fringed with fishing from both sides. Depths range from 3ft at peg 1 in front of the bailiff’s cabin on the field side to 5½ ft. at peg 45 on the roadside. There are 14 different species in the lake including carp to 20lbs, tench to 6lbs, roach and orfe to 2lbs and bream to 4lbs. The match record is nearly 80lbs whilst there have been many pleasure nets of over 100lbs!

There are lots of islands, bars, lilies and reeds etc. except between pegs 42-66, but this is where the bream live.

The same tactics as on Cavendish work at Sherwood but the best results usually come on the pole with worm, paste or meat over a bed of carp pellets or hemp.

Regular open and club matches are run on this lake, and it’s the only one on which you can use your keepnet for pleasure fishing.

Newly opened in September 1999, Langdale is oval in shape with an island in the middle from where you fish the 30 pegs. The channel is a maximum of 11m. wide by 5 feet deep and filled to the top with silver fish but no carp. The match record currently stands at 21lbs made up of chub, roach and ide.

Pole and whip are the favoured methods, with maggot, pinkie and caster scoring the best. The biggest fish in the channel is just over the pound mark with loads around 4ozs. Not surprisingly it’s popular with both club and pleasure anglers, with lots of bites and fish to be had.

2.5 acres, 53 pegs, irregularly shaped, reed fringed, plus lilies and islands. Depth 2 feet at peg 18 to 5 feet at peg 29. Pole and feeder, including method feeding, work best. Try pole fishing the margins or at 11m with sweet corn, meat or paste over carp pellets for lots of carp from small ones to 15 pounders. The match record is now 28 carp for 93lb 4oz, caught in icy conditions on 20/02/00. Method feeder cast tight to the island also produces lots of fish. Carp dominate this lake but don’t forget the large head of roach that can be caught on pole and chopped worm.

The River Maun that runs along the south side of these lakes is currently being developed for additional fishing and is stocked with chub, roach, dace and gudgeon.

http://www.kingsclipstone.co.uk

Notes: Information on this page has been compiled from various web sites and local, freely available literature.

Contact: 01623 842617 or 07721 316 334.
Day tickets: £4 for one rod (juniors £3), £6 for two (juniors £5). Year permits on request. Tickets can be bought on the bank.
Matches: Open matches are run every Wednesday and there are Sunday opens from October-May.
Restrictions: No boilies or trout pellets; barbless hooks only; maximum hook size 6; all nets must be dipped. Bloodworm and joker is allowed on Langdale only. Open all year 7am to dusk. No braid. Pleasure anglers can use keepnets on Sherwood and Langdale.
How to get there: The fishery is three miles north east of Mansfield. Take the A60 out of Mansfield and join the A6075 signposted Edwinstowe. At the Warsop crossroads turn right, signposted Clipstone, and Sherwood Forest Farm Park is 200 yards up here on the right. Turn into the Farm Park entrance signposted 'fishing' and follow the signs down the lane.

Latest update from the North Nottinghamshire Web Walk Project. 360 images combined with Google Maps.

A sunny day almost destroyed some great pictures:

Considering I have had sitting under my sofa for some months now a brand-new (and not inexpensive!) scrapbook still in its box, along with various sheets of special scrapbooking papers, vellums and stickers - all purchased with the best intentions of taking up a new hobby that hasn't yet come to fruition! - I was interested to read the article below on the Evolution of Scrapbooking. It jolted my memory (and my conscience) about those eagerly-purchased and quickly-abandoned makings for my own project, which was planned to be a kind of travel scrapbook for various places I've visited - whether the photographic results of a walk round the local villages or something more exotic.

Okay, so I guess I now know what I'll be doing this weekend! LOL

Camping can be one of the best experiences. Take a walk on the wild side, wake up to fantastic panoramas, smell the bacon cooking and inhale the fresh air.

It all sounds so good.

However, when camping goes wrong, it usually REALLY goes wrong.

City dwellers should stay on the tarmac. Country folk should stay in the country.

The Author of This Liberated Article Is: Carl Zimmerman ARTICLE SUMMARY: Description of two campgrounds that have beautiful views of the varied landscapes found in Tonto National Forest in Arizona. Accessibility IS an Issue LPR Takes Seriously. This Article is Text Reader Friendly Easy Copy and Paste the Entire Article Camping With Beautiful Views of the Desert, Lake and Mountains in Tonto National Forest

Tonto National Forest has almost 3,000,000 acres and is the largest of the six National Forests in Arizona. Landscapes range from Saguaro cactus deserts to lakes and pine-forested mountains. Elevations range from 1,400 feet in the Sonoran Desert to 7,400 feet in the Mogollon Rim. Much of the area is covered by cacti (primarily giant Saguaro). The cactus colonies merge with bushes, chaparral and grasslands above 4,000 feet, while the higher hills to the north support varied woodland habitats including juniper, mixed fir and ponderosa pine. Besides desert and mountains, Tonto National Forest contains lakes/reservoirs, river valleys, canyons and flat plains. It also contains eight separate national wilderness areas with limited access. The land in these wilderness areas is generally steep and rough, without many trails, and has harsh weather for most of the year. To the southwest, Tonto National Forest is bordered by the edge of the Superstition Wilderness and New River Mountains. To the north, it's bordered by three other National Forests - Prescott, Coconino and Apache National Forests. And to the east, it's bordered by the Fort Apache and San Carlos Indian Reservations. The northern boundary is defined by the Mogollon Rim, ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 feet, that forms the southern edge of the great Colorado Plateau, which stretches for over 100 miles across central Arizona. Two campgrounds that have beautiful views of just a few of the diverse landscapes of Tonto National Forest are Tortilla and Cholla campgrounds. While both of these campgrounds are located in beautiful desert areas, Tortilla campground has beautiful views of the bluffs and mountains of the Superstition Wilderness and Cholla campground overlooks Theodore Roosevelt Lake. Tortilla campground is on a ridge along Tortilla Creek next to Apache Trail Scenic Byway. With 77 RV and tent camp sites in the middle of a beautiful desert landscape, you would think that this campground, like so many National Forest campgrounds, would not provide any sort of RV hook up. Well, surprisingly, all sites have water and sewer hook up - a much appreciated desert campground amenity! In addition to the beautiful views of the native desert vegetation, at an elevation of 1,870 feet, the campground has excellent views of the rugged bluffs in the Superstition Wilderness from most camp sites. Getting to Tortilla campground via The Apache Trail, or AZ 88 as it is officially known, also provides magnificent views of the Superstition Mountains and Wilderness. Desert vegetation provides good separation between camp sites at Tortilla. Cholla campground, like Tortilla, is surrounded by desert vegetation. It overlooks Roosevelt Lake, with many sites having direct but distant views of the lake. Beware that because the campground is a distance away from the lake, if the water is low, you may not be able to see it. Water levels are dependent on the weather and the need for water in Phoenix. This campground is at an elevation of 2,200 feet and is much larger than Tortilla with 206 RV and tent camp sites. No hook ups are available at this campground. Roosevelt Lake is the one of the largest in the state and like other lakes in this area, summer water temperatures can exceed 90 degrees F. The last few years has seen a dramatic reduction in the water level, largely due to the need to maintain supply to the other lakes on the Salt River downstream. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of boating and swimming opportunities for much of the year. Tortilla and Cholla campgrounds are like two oases in the desert for campers looking for campgrounds with beautiful views of a few of the varied natural landscapes of Tonto National Forest. Camping with beautiful views of desert landscapes, a lake and rugged mountainous terrain of the Superstitious Wilderness Area is just a small part of what Arizona's largest national forest has to offer.

Article Republished From: Liberated Press Releases and Other FREE Information a web site that DOESN'T use Google Adsense text links in or around articles. Author Resource:- Carl Zimmerman is dedicated to finding campgrounds with beautiful views. For more information, visit http://www.campingwithaview.com/NF/AZ/TontoNF.htm for Tonto National Forest and visit http://www.campingwithaview.com/NF/NF.htm for all National Forests campgrounds with beautiful views.

Delicately balanced between Scandinavia proper and mainland Europe, Denmark is a difficult country to pin down. In many ways it shares the characteristics of both regions: it's an EU member, and has prices and drinking laws that are broadly in line with those in the rest of Europe. But Denmark's social policies and its style of government are distinctly Scandinavian: social benefits and the standard of living are high, and its politics are very much that of consensus.

Exploring Denmark

• Copenhagen • Funen • Jutland

Skagen
Situated at the northern tip of Jutland, Skagen is famous for its fantastic light and windswept, heather-clad landscape, which drew the group known as the Skagen artists here in the late nineteenth century.

Kronborg
Watch out for the ghost of Hamlet's father as you walk the ramparts of Helsingør's Kronborg slot (castle), the model for Shakespeare's Elsinore.

Ribe
The marshlands surrounding picturesque Ribe in southern Jutlland have inhibited industrial development, leaving one of Denmark's oldest towns virtually unchanged since medieval times.

The Roskilde Festival
The Roskilde Festival, held on the last weekend in June, is one of the largest open-air rock festivals in Europe, attracting more than 90,000 people and featuring many big names.

Christiania
Christiania, Copenhagen's former military barracks squatted by hippies in the Sixties and declared a "free city", is still a haven for the counter-culture - it has galleries, concerts, bars and some of the best restaurants in the city.

Århus
Århus is Denmark's second city, and it's often regarded as the cultural capital. It's small enough to get to know easily but has plenty of pretty medieval streets, old churches, museums, cafés and bars to fill your days and nights.

Odense
Odense, capital of the island of Funen, was the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen and composer Carl Nielsen - and its old streets of half-timbered houses harbour an unexpectedly lively nightlife.